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Izks ringvorlesung christoph von der malsburg
Christoph von der Malsburg (born 8 May 1942 in Kassel) is a German physicist and neuroscientist.
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- Izks ringvorlesung christoph von der malsburg
- Interview mit christoph von der malsburg on liberty today freiheit und handeln
- Early life
- Career
- Brain Theory
- Recognition
- References
Interview mit christoph von der malsburg on liberty today freiheit und handeln
Early life
von der Malsburg obtained his PhD with a concentration in elementary particle physics at CERN and the University of Heidelberg in 1970.
Career
He joined the neurobiology section of the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. He remained there until 1987, when he became Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, Physics and Psychology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In 1990, he founded the Institut für Neuroinformatik (Institute for Neural Computation) at Ruhr-University Bochum, together with Werner von Seelen. He commuted between the two institutions until 2007, when he joined the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies as a Senior Fellow.
Von der Malsburg cofounded two companies and received many awards.
Brain Theory
His research interests focused on processes of organization in the brain with emphasis on the structure and function of the visual system. His publications concerning the theory of self-organization of regular fiber projections in the visual system made him a pioneer of this field. He is known for his criticism of the theory of neural networks. He claimed that the generally accepted view fails because of the binding problem. To solve it he formulated Dynamic Link Architecture, a system of rapidly switching net fragments, as applied e.g., to facial recognition.